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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Christiano Ranaldo is a total cunt but I can't deny that he's about as close as anyone has got to being the perfect player: insane dribbling skill; lethal finisher; superb passer and arguably the best dead-ball specialist the game has ever seen. He's also strong. I think Messi is an incredible player but saw how Chelsea effectively neutralised him during their two legs in the champions league. Ronaldo does what he does week in week out against tough Premiership defences. I'd even question whether Ronaldinho at his peak could've done that. Ronaldo is only let down by his capacity to sulk a bit on the pitch when things aren't going his way, and an arrogance that makes him quite the easiest footballer to hate right now. As a player though (IMHO) he's pretty untouchable. Love the player, hate the man.
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I can't agree with you re Ronaldo...and that's from a born and bred United fan. Yep ...great dribbler, strong and athletic, knows where the goal is. But I think his dead ball skills are piss poor and reckon the stats would back me up there. Beckham, for instance, kicked his ass at free kicks and there's been plenty of other more sublime dead ball merchants over the years who'd hit the target far more often than Ronnie. Ronnie has all the tricks but Giggs was a better dribbler in his prime. Ronaldo did what he did week in week out against the shabby defences of the vast majority of Premiership teams but his record against other top 4 teams was poor and he often went missing in our big euro games. Quality defenders sussed him. Ultimately his greatness weakness has been his selfishness...his unwillingness to play for the good of his team rather than just himself and his belief that he is bigger than the club that he plays for. I predict a slow slide into relative obscurity amongst the galacticos at RM and that he will never again reach the heights of his 42 goal season at United.
I wanted him gone last year and am delighted at the ridiculous money we got for him. And in my opinion there's a player at OT who is far far nearer to being the "perfect player" than Ronaldo. He got shoved out of position onto the wing to accomodate Ronaldo but put up with it and now United can and should build their team around him. Wayne Rooney has the ability to be the greatest player to come out of England...as strong as an ox, can dribble, can pass with both feet, can head the ball, can tackle...you name it. And Rooney loves the game so much he'd probably play for nothing just to get a kickabout...the last of the street footballers. Look at what he's been doing for England. He's a future captain of both United and his country imo and is central to both teams chances of silverware in the future.
Other than that I wholeheartedly agree with everything you posted
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